The Futility of an Israeli Air Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Sites
We may be at a point of no return between Jerusalem and Tehran, and the consequences may be grave, but the fundamental question is, can bombing work?

We may be at a point of no return between Jerusalem and Tehran, and the consequences may be grave, but the fundamental question is, can bombing work?
Who's saying what in the debate on the The Atlantic's September cover story
The administration believes that its strategy can stop the Islamic Republic from going nuclear -- or contain the regime, if it does
A reader writes in support of our cover-story analysis; I dissent from one of our commenters.
A response to Yossi Alpher's contention that this month's Atlantic cover story fell prey to an Israeli public relations campaign
A former Bush adviser on why the president's commitments, and questionable reelection chances, make it likely that he would order an attack before November 2012
Who's saying what in the debate on the The Atlantic's September cover story
Goldblog's continuing conversation with Christopher Hitchens
Martin Indyk, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel (and now the vice president of the Brookings Institution), dropped this line to Goldblog about The…
Jerusalem's war clock is ticking fast, but Israel won't attack in the next year. Tehran knows how to buy time.